Streaker Ramblings – Freeman Iceberg Races 9 & 10 –
01.12.2019
Grey cloud cover, with the
odd blue patch and a fresh breeze on leaving for Piddinghoe this Sunday 1st
December for Races 9 & 10 of the Freeman Iceberg Series of races.
On arrival here was a good
force 4 blowing from the east and the RO Penny Springall, assisted by Thomas
Harland –Smith with Zoe McCaig in the safety boat plus an –other as crew, set
an ‘M’ shaped course with the initial beat towards a mark off the Fisherman’s
Bay as shown below:-
Eighteen boats took to the
water for race 9 with the start set for 10.30. At the Gun it was Matt Springall
(Laser full rig) who was first across the somewhat short line with Laurence
Venus (Hadron H2) second to go to weather of him and Duncan McDonald (Streaker)
third away at the shore end in his first race of the Series. Duncan had to
quickly tack off onto port with just about enough room to clear the rest of the
fleet.
By the end of the second
leg, a run towards the mark in the middle of the pond, there was a real gaggle
all trying to round at the same time.
Places sorted out a bit on the next beat towards the mark off the middle of the east bank, the reach behind the Island and the second reach up the south shore.
Ed was first to round the start/finish mark followed by Duncan, Matt , Sean Beavors (Laser full rig) Laurence and then Alan. Positions in all the laps are as shown below:-
Places sorted out a bit on the next beat towards the mark off the middle of the east bank, the reach behind the Island and the second reach up the south shore.
Ed was first to round the start/finish mark followed by Duncan, Matt , Sean Beavors (Laser full rig) Laurence and then Alan. Positions in all the laps are as shown below:-
Race 9
Posn
|
Class
|
Sail No
|
Lap 1
|
e time
|
Lap 2
|
e time
|
Lap 3
|
e time
|
Lap 4
|
e time
|
Lap 5
|
e time
|
Lap 6
|
e time
|
Posn
|
1
|
Finn
|
595
|
Ed Thorburn
|
8.52
|
Ed Thorburn
|
17.10
|
L McCaig
|
23.09
|
Ed Thorburn
|
35.45
|
Ed Thorburn
|
44.05
|
Ed Thorburn
|
51.40
|
1
|
2
|
Streaker
|
2102
|
D McDonald
|
9.04
|
D McDonald
|
17.52
|
Ed Thorburn
|
26.26
|
D McDonald
|
37.12
|
D McDonald
|
45.39
|
D McDonald
|
53.12
|
2
|
3
|
Laser
|
81
|
M Springall
|
9.30
|
Sean Beevors
|
18.51
|
D McDonald
|
28.00
|
Sean Beevors
|
39.10
|
Sean Beevors
|
47.35
|
Sean Beevors
|
55.03
|
3
|
4
|
Laser
|
46237
|
Sean Beevors
|
9.36
|
L Venus
|
18.55
|
Sean Beevors
|
29.25
|
L Venus
|
39.53
|
L Venus
|
48.03
|
L Venus
|
55.43
|
4
|
5
|
Hadron H2
|
138
|
L Venus
|
9.41
|
M Springall
|
19.20
|
L Venus
|
29.39
|
A Simmons
|
40.14
|
A Simmons
|
48.52
|
M Springall
|
57.10
|
5
|
6
|
Streaker
|
1700
|
A Simmons
|
9.54
|
A Simmons
|
19.23
|
A Simmons
|
30.06
|
M Springall
|
41.01
|
M Springall
|
49.32
|
A Simmons
|
57.13
|
6
|
7
|
Laser
|
26
|
B Wates
|
10.09
|
J Dobson
|
20.07
|
M Springall
|
30.25
|
J Dobson
|
41.06
|
J Dobson
|
49.36
|
J Dobson
|
57.27
|
7
|
8
|
Laser R
|
174581
|
Y Horrent
|
10.29
|
M Veale
|
20.23
|
J Dobson
|
30.32
|
G Sheridan
|
42.03
|
M Veale
|
50.36
|
M Veale
|
58.00
|
8
|
9
|
Laser
|
7
|
J Dobson
|
10.33
|
G Sheridan
|
20.31
|
M Veale
|
31.23
|
M Veale
|
42.07
|
G Sheridan
|
51.00
|
G Sheridan
|
Finished
|
9
|
10
|
Byte CII
|
2623
|
G Sheridan
|
10.34
|
D Hitchens
|
20.51
|
G Sheridan
|
31.40
|
D Hitchens
|
42.28
|
D Hitchens
|
51.24
|
D Hitchens
|
Finished
|
10
|
11
|
RS 200
|
582
|
M Veale
|
10.39
|
Y Horrent
|
21.15
|
D Hitchens
|
32.23
|
Y Horrent
|
43.03
|
B Wates
|
51.28
|
Y Horrent
|
Finished
|
11
|
12
|
Laser R
|
142208
|
D Murley
|
10.43
|
L Johns
|
21.21
|
Y Horrent
|
32.50
|
B Wates
|
43.07
|
Y Horrent
|
51.37
|
L Johns
|
Finished
|
12
|
13
|
Laser
|
122461
|
D Hitchens
|
10.50
|
B Wates
|
21.29
|
B Wates
|
32.55
|
L McCaig
|
43.14
|
L McCaig
|
51.43
|
B Wates
|
Finished
|
13
|
14
|
Laser R
|
620
|
L McCaig
|
11.16
|
L McCaig
|
21.42
|
L Johns
|
33.05
|
L Johns
|
43.19
|
L Johns
|
51.48
|
L McCaig
|
Finished
|
14
|
15
|
Laser R
|
179808
|
L Johns
|
11.43
|
D Murley
|
22.08
|
D Murley
|
33.39
|
D Murley
|
43.55
|
D Murley
|
52.23
|
D Murley
|
Finished
|
15
|
16
|
Comet
|
473
|
T Jones
|
11.44
|
T Jones
|
22.39
|
T Jones
|
35.11
|
A Bush
|
45.06
|
A Bush
|
53.31
|
T Jones
|
Finished
|
16
|
17
|
Laser R
|
174910
|
A Bush
|
11.47
|
A Bush
|
25.19
|
A Bush
|
35.17
|
T Jones
|
45.55
|
T Jones
|
56.5
|
A Bush
|
Finished
|
17
|
18
|
Topper 4.2
|
4764
|
T Beck
|
14.03
|
T Beck
|
28.28
|
T Beck
|
43.45
|
T Beck
|
53.38
|
T Beck
|
Finished
|
18
|
Initially the breeze was
quite fresh but it soon tailed off and more glimpses of blue sky appeared
throughout the race.
Thomas Beck was an early casualty taking a rather
Gymnastic capsize, at least one more was to follow for him.
Michael Veale and
Mike Rosier (RS 200) had the opportunity to fly their Gennaker, especially on
the long leg up the south shore.
At the end of the sixth lap,
contended by eight boats - all the others having finished on their fifth lap –
Ed was firstto cross the finish line nearly a minute and a half ahead of Duncan
with Sea third, Laurence fourth, Matt fifth and Alan sixth.
With the times corrected the winner was Duncan,
second place was taken by Ed, third by Sean, fourth by Alan and fifth by Matt.
R9 - 17/11/2019
Rank
|
Fleet
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
PY
|
Elapsed
|
BCE
|
Points
|
1
|
Streaker
|
2102
|
NSSC
|
Duncan McDonald
|
1128
|
53.12
|
0.00.00
|
1.0
|
|||
2
|
Finn
|
595
|
NSSC
|
Ed Thorburn
|
1051
|
51.40
|
0.02.06
|
2.0
|
|||
3
|
Laser Radial
|
64200
|
NSSC
|
Zoe McCaig
|
1145
|
OOD
|
3.0
|
||||
3
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
72341
|
NSSC
|
Thomas Harland-Smith
|
1145
|
OOD
|
3.0
|
|||
3
|
Laser
|
46237
|
NSSC
|
Sean Beevor
|
1099
|
55.03
|
0.03.13
|
3.0
|
|||
6
|
Last Bash
|
Streaker
|
1700
|
Lancing SC
|
Alan Simmons
|
1128
|
57.13
|
0.04.01
|
4.0
|
||
7
|
Laser
|
81
|
NSSC
|
Matthew Springall
|
1099
|
57.10
|
0.05.20
|
5.0
|
|||
8
|
Laser
|
7
|
NSSC
|
Julian Dobson
|
1099
|
57.27
|
0.05.37
|
6.0
|
|||
9
|
Misty Blue Too
|
Hadron H2
|
138
|
NSSC
|
Laurence Venus
|
1037
|
55.43
|
0.06.49
|
7.0
|
||
10
|
BYTE CII
|
2623
|
NSSC
|
Geoff Sheridan
|
1138
|
51.00
|
0.06.16
|
8.0
|
|||
11
|
Laser Radial
|
174581
|
NSSC
|
Yves Horrrent
|
1145
|
51.36
|
0.06.36
|
9.0
|
|||
12
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
6420
|
NSSC
|
Lucy McCaig
|
1145
|
51.43
|
0.06.43
|
10.0
|
||
13
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
179808
|
NSSC
|
Lewis Johns
|
1145
|
51.48
|
0.06.48
|
11.0
|
||
14
|
Laser Radial
|
142208
|
NSSC
|
Dave Murley
|
1142
|
52.23
|
0.07.30
|
12.0
|
|||
15
|
RS 200
|
582
|
NSSC
|
Michael Veale
|
Mike Rosier
|
1046
|
58.00
|
0.08.40
|
13.0
|
||
16
|
Laser Radial
|
174910
|
NSSC
|
Anne Bush
|
1145
|
53.31
|
0.08.31
|
14.0
|
|||
17
|
Laser
|
122461
|
NSSC
|
David Hitchins
|
1099
|
51.24
|
0.08.12
|
15.0
|
|||
18
|
Laser
|
26
|
NSSC
|
Bill Wates
|
1099
|
51.28
|
0.08.16
|
16.0
|
|||
19
|
Comet
|
473
|
NSSC
|
Terry Jones
|
1207
|
56.50
|
0.09.24
|
17.0
|
|||
20
|
Cadet
|
Topper 4.2
|
4764
|
NSSC
|
Thomas Beck
|
1416
|
53.38
|
0.09.07
|
18.0
|
Race 10 starting at 11.55
and the wind had come back again, even a bit stronger than at the start of the
first race of the day and with the blue sky opening up too.
Lucy McCaig (Laser
Radial) led off the line, unfortunately for her she was a bit too eager and was
over the line. She was informed, from the shore and by Mum on the safety boat,
but declined to return – her result was calculated – in this blog - on the
basis that she had sailed only five laps. She was sailing very well for the
entire race and would probably had a very good result if only she had gone back
immediately.
Duncan was therefore first properly away again from the shore end.
Ed was next up and then Laurence with Alan not too far behind and Matt yet a
little further back but to windward. Laurence continued towards the bank and by
the time he tacked had half the fleet to windward of him.
Ed was first to round the
mark at the Fisherman’s bay followed by Matt, Duncan and Lucy with Alan behind
her.
On the downwind leg Laurence had recovered somewhat and turned just astern
of Alan.
Again there was a real bunch, eight boats, all trying to get round the
mark at the end of that leg but soon spread out on the subsequent beat.
Laurence and Alan contested fourth and fifth place throughout this lap with Laurence
finally crossing the line just 3 seconds ahead with Ed in the lead from Duncan
who had gone ahead of Matt by five seconds – all very close.
Ed held his lead for the rest of the race with Lewis Johns (Laser Radial), Sean, and Lucy all passing Alan in Lap 2.
In that lap Matt had his mast snap at the joint between
top and bottom sections and that was the end of his race.
There were quite a few place changes further back in the fleet notably Yves Horrent (Laser Radial) who went up from eleventh to lie eighth and Michael from twelfth to lie ninth. Lap three saw Laurence up to third astern of Ed and Duncan and Alan had near capsizes, three times, when he lost control of his tiller on the second beat. Geoff Sheridan (Byte CII) rushed up from fourteenth to briefly lie eighth. Lap 4 had no changes in the top five boats but Geoff dropped back to tenth place and Thomas Beck had another capsize as did Julian Dobson (Laser full rig).
For individual places in each lap see the table below:-
Ed held his lead for the rest of the race with Lewis Johns (Laser Radial), Sean, and Lucy all passing Alan in Lap 2.
There were quite a few place changes further back in the fleet notably Yves Horrent (Laser Radial) who went up from eleventh to lie eighth and Michael from twelfth to lie ninth. Lap three saw Laurence up to third astern of Ed and Duncan and Alan had near capsizes, three times, when he lost control of his tiller on the second beat. Geoff Sheridan (Byte CII) rushed up from fourteenth to briefly lie eighth. Lap 4 had no changes in the top five boats but Geoff dropped back to tenth place and Thomas Beck had another capsize as did Julian Dobson (Laser full rig).
For individual places in each lap see the table below:-
Race 10
Posn
|
Class
|
Sail No
|
Lap 1
|
e time
|
Lap 2
|
e time
|
Lap 3
|
e time
|
Lap 4
|
e time
|
Lap 5
|
e time
|
Lap 6
|
e time
|
Posn
|
1
|
Finn
|
595
|
Ed Thorburn
|
7.05
|
Ed Thorburn
|
13.48
|
Ed Thorburn
|
20.35
|
Ed Thorburn
|
27.29
|
Ed Thorburn
|
34.47
|
Ed Thorburn
|
41.33
|
1
|
2
|
Streaker
|
2102
|
D
McDonald
|
7.37
|
D
McDonald
|
14.50
|
D
McDonald
|
22.03
|
D
McDonald
|
29.39
|
D
McDonald
|
36.47
|
D
McDonald
|
43.50
|
2
|
3
|
Laser
|
81
|
M Springall
|
7.42
|
L
Venus
|
15.46
|
L
Venus
|
23.14
|
L
Venus
|
31.10
|
L
Venus
|
38.08
|
L
Venus
|
45.32
|
3
|
4
|
Hadron H2
|
138
|
L
Venus
|
8.10
|
L Johns
|
15.59
|
Sean Beevors
|
23.30
|
Sean Beevors
|
31.22
|
Sean Beevors
|
38.35
|
Sean Beevors
|
46.07
|
4
|
5
|
Streaker
|
1700
|
A Simmons
|
8.13
|
Sean Beevors
|
16.10
|
L Johns
|
23.46
|
L Johns
|
31.42
|
L Johns
|
39.03
|
L Johns
|
46.32
|
5
|
6
|
Laser
|
46237
|
Sean Beevors
|
8.17
|
L McCaig
|
16.26
|
G Sheridan
|
24.03
|
L McCaig
|
32.34
|
M Veale
|
40.17
|
M Veale
|
47.40
|
6
|
7
|
Laser R
|
179808
|
L Johns
|
8.22
|
A Simmons
|
16.28
|
L McCaig
|
24.30
|
M Veale
|
32.56
|
L McCaig
|
40.33
|
L McCaig*
|
48.39*
|
7
|
8
|
Laser R
|
620
|
L McCaig
|
8.36
|
Y Horrent
|
17.02
|
M Veale
|
24.46
|
A Simmons
|
33.43
|
Y Horrent
|
41.47
|
Y Horrent
|
Finished
|
8
|
9
|
Laser
|
26
|
B Wates
|
8.42
|
M Veale
|
17.04
|
A Simmons
|
25.12
|
D Murley
|
34.17
|
A Simmons
|
42.09
|
A Simmons
|
Finished
|
9
|
10
|
Laser
|
7
|
J Dobson
|
8.43
|
D Murley
|
17.08
|
J Dobson
|
25.16
|
G Sheridan
|
34.24
|
G Sheridan
|
42.28
|
G Sheridan
|
Finished
|
10
|
11
|
Laser R
|
174581
|
Y Horrent
|
8.46
|
J Dobson
|
17.18
|
Y Horrent
|
25.21
|
B Wates
|
34.29
|
B Wates
|
42.33
|
B Wates
|
Finished
|
11
|
12
|
RS 200
|
582
|
M Veale
|
8.47
|
D Hitchens
|
17.45
|
D Murley
|
25.32
|
D Hitchens
|
35.14
|
D Murley
|
42.36
|
D Murley
|
Finished
|
12
|
13
|
Laser
|
122461
|
D Hitchens
|
8.52
|
B Wates
|
17.49
|
B Wates
|
25.57
|
J Dobson
|
35.23
|
J Dobson
|
43.35
|
J Dobson
|
Finished
|
13
|
14
|
Byte CII
|
2623
|
G Sheridan
|
8.56
|
G Sheridan
|
18.10
|
D Hitchens
|
29.54
|
Y Horrent
|
35.56
|
D Hitchens
|
43.40
|
D Hitchens
|
Finished
|
14
|
15
|
Laser R
|
142208
|
D Murley
|
9.05
|
T Beck
|
20.32
|
T Beck
|
31.15
|
T Beck
|
41.11
|
T Beck
|
Finished
|
15
|
||
16
|
Comet
|
473
|
T Jones
|
9.43
|
M Springall
|
DNF
|
16
|
||||||||
17
|
Topper 4.2
|
4764
|
T Beck
|
11.03
|
T Jones
|
DNF
|
17
|
||||||||
*OCS
|
*OCS
|
At the end of the sixth and last lap, contended
by the leading seven boats it was led by
Ed, with Duncan second two minutes and seventeen seconds behind with Laurence
another minute and fifty two seconds
further back, then came Sean, Lewis and (in position at least) Lucy.
With times corrected the winner was Duncan
again with Ed second, Lewis third, Sean fourth and Thomas beck fifth.
R10 - 17/11/2019
Rank
|
Fleet
|
Boat
|
Class
|
SailNo
|
Club
|
HelmName
|
CrewName
|
PY
|
Elapsed
|
BCE
|
Points
|
1
|
Streaker
|
2102
|
NSSC
|
Duncan McDonald
|
1128
|
43.50
|
0.00.00
|
1.0
|
|||
2
|
Finn
|
595
|
NSSC
|
Ed Thorburn
|
1051
|
41.33
|
0.00.43
|
2.0
|
|||
3
|
Laser Radial
|
64200
|
NSSC
|
Zoe McCaig
|
1145
|
OOD
|
3.0
|
||||
3
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
72341
|
NSSC
|
Thomas Harland-Smith
|
1145
|
OOD
|
3.0
|
|||
3
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
179808
|
NSSC
|
Lewis Johns
|
1145
|
46.32
|
0.02.02
|
3.0
|
||
6
|
Laser
|
46237
|
NSSC
|
Sean Beevor
|
1099
|
46.07
|
0.03.25
|
4.0
|
|||
7
|
Cadet
|
Topper 4.2
|
4764
|
NSSC
|
Thomas Beck
|
1416
|
41.11
|
0.04.30
|
5.0
|
||
8
|
Laser Radial
|
174581
|
NSSC
|
Yves Horrrent
|
1145
|
41.47
|
0.04.42
|
6.0
|
|||
9
|
Misty Blue Too
|
Hadron H2
|
138
|
NSSC
|
Laurence Venus
|
1037
|
45.32
|
0.05.14
|
7.0
|
||
10
|
Laser Radial
|
142208
|
NSSC
|
Dave Murley
|
1142
|
42.36
|
0.05.37
|
8.0
|
|||
11
|
BYTE CII
|
2623
|
NSSC
|
Geoff Sheridan
|
1138
|
42.28
|
0.05.37
|
9.0
|
|||
12
|
Last Bash
|
Streaker
|
1700
|
Lancing SC
|
Alan Simmons
|
1128
|
42.09
|
0.05.37
|
10.0
|
||
13
|
RS 200
|
582
|
NSSC
|
Michael Veale
|
Mike Rosier
|
1046
|
47.40
|
0.07.01
|
11.0
|
||
14
|
Laser
|
26
|
NSSC
|
Bill Wates
|
1099
|
42.33
|
0.06.58
|
12.0
|
|||
15
|
Laser
|
7
|
NSSC
|
Julian Dobson
|
1099
|
43.35
|
0.08.00
|
13.0
|
|||
16
|
Laser
|
122461
|
NSSC
|
David Hitchins
|
1099
|
43.40
|
0.08.05
|
14.0
|
|||
17
|
Cadet
|
Laser Radial
|
6420
|
NSSC
|
Lucy McCaig
|
1145
|
48.39
|
0.11.34
|
15.0
|
||
18
|
Comet
|
473
|
NSSC
|
Terry Jones
|
1207
|
DNF
|
32.0
|
||||
18
|
Laser
|
81
|
NSSC
|
Matthew Springall
|
1099
|
DNF
|
32.0
|
The
first race was tricky when the wind dropped off and the second even trickier
when it came back up with a vengeance for the seventeen competitors, Anne Bush
did not sail.
If you wish to see the overall series results then follow this link:-
http://www.nssc.org.uk/cms/images/nsscdocs/results/2019/2019icebergr8.htm
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